Chapter 191: Dumbfounded

Seeing Manju' Kic's long-range shot on Hummels' foot that changed the line, evaded goalkeeper Weidenfeller's defense, and drilled into Dortmund's goal, the more than 60,000 Bayern fans at the Allianz Arena immediately screamed and cheered.

In the game with Cheng Hai playing, Bayern Munich was able to lead Dortmund by the first goal, which is a miracle in the eyes of many.

With this goal alone, Manju'Kic was completely accepted by Bayern fans.

For the Dortmund players, this is undoubtedly a slap in the face!

Of course, as last season's treble winner and the current Bundesliga hegemon, Dortmund naturally cannot be hit by a conceded goal.

Especially Cheng Hai, he has the highest salary in the world, and if he loses the annual six-crown in the first official game just after renewing his contract, he will not forgive himself.

Therefore, despite being physically and mentally exhausted, Cheng Hai still actively asked for a breakthrough in the front court, or passed the ball to his teammates to assist.

For Cheng Hai, who has already played in the front of the national Olympic team and led the national Olympic team to win the Olympic championship, he is handy in both organization and attack in the frontcourt.

The only problem is the state.

Although Cheng Hai can enter a deep sleep at any time and recover well, the high-intensity match against Brazil in the London Olympic final, coupled with factors such as long-distance travel and playing two games in 30 hours, Cheng Hai's on-the-spot performance in this game is very poor.

In the 8th minute, when Cheng Hai took the ball and was about to break through Bayern defender Gustavo with a bicycle, he was stabbed away by Gustavo's accurate tackle.

This is relatively rare in Cheng Hai.

Under normal circumstances, even if he can't break through, Cheng Hai's perfect dribbling skills make it difficult for him to lose the ball, unless two or three people are besieging and grabbing together.

In a one-on-one situation, Cheng Hai rarely concedes the ball.

It can be seen from this conceded goal that Cheng Hai's condition is not very good.

Cheng Hai can only slowly adjust and adapt.

As a result, before Cheng Hai could get used to it, Bayern Munich scored again.

The attack was caused by Peter Pan's Robben.

In the 11th minute, Arjen Robben broke down the right flank and fired into the far corner with his trademark in-cut cut, which was so strong that Weidenfeller could touch the ball but couldn't get it off the line.

The ball hit Weidenfeller's fingertips, changed direction slightly, slammed into the far post and bounced back into the box.

Before the Dortmund players could breathe a sigh of relief, Thomas Muller, who burst into the box, scrambled into the box before Subotic cleared the ball and bounced back into the box after Weidenfeller fell into the empty net.

“Toooooooooooooooooooooooooooor……”

The commentator of Munich TV let out a long roar of excitement and shouted with all his might:

"The ball is in!"

"Robben's in-cut shot from the wing, causing a rebound in the box, was grabbed by Muller and flew into the net."

"Bayern Munich 2-0 Borussia Dortmund, we're two goals ahead."

"We are expected to beat Borussia Dortmund and win this year's German Super Cup."

In the screams of the commentators, the entire Allianz Arena fell into a scorching carnival, and more than 60,000 Bayern fans turned the Allianz Arena into a sea of carnival.

The remaining thousands of Dortmund away fans could barely be heard.

Of course, at a time when the opposition scored two goals and led 2-0, Dortmund fans couldn't make a sound.

The same goes for the Borussia Dortmund players.

If the first goal conceded was a slap in the face, then this one was stunned.

Falling behind by two goals is not easy for any team to get back.

Even if Dortmund has Cheng Hai, it is quite difficult, not to mention that Cheng Hai is still in poor condition now, and it is really hard to say how much strength he can play.

Bayern Munich is not a soft persimmon that can be kneaded casually.

After Bayern with a two-goal lead, it will be quite difficult for Dortmund to equalize or even reverse the score.

What is even more shocking is that after seeing the two-goal lead, the Bayern coach immediately made substitution adjustments, removing the hero of the goal just now, Manju' Kic, and replacing it with the defensive titan Van Bitten, and changing the 4231 formation to strengthen the defense.

You know, this is just the 11th minute of the game, Heynckes made a substitution, and the signal is extremely clear, that is, to strengthen the defense and hold the 2-0 score in the next time.

Although the game was substituted so early, Manju Kic knew that it was not because of his poor performance, but because of the overall tactical needs of the team.

Therefore, when he came off the field, he did not have any dissatisfaction, with a smile and a high-five hug with Van Bitten, who came on as a substitute, and also hugged Heynckes on the sidelines.

Of course, he opened the scoring for the team, and also received applause and cheers from the Bayern fans in the stadium.

Sure enough, after the game resumed, Bayern Munich retreated with all their members, except for Thomas Muller, everyone else withdrew to help defend within 30 meters of the goal, even Robben and Ribery on both wings.

Although Robben and Ribery have limited defensive ability, a large number of defensive backbones such as Lahm, Boateng, Gustavo, Van Bitten, and Timoshchuk are enough to form an insurmountable bus defense line when they shrink the defense line to defend.

What's more, Robben and Ribery's ability to quickly counterattack also made Dortmund dare not press on and attack aggressively.

In addition, Cheng Hai was not in good shape, and he was targeted again, making it even more difficult to find a chance to shoot.

In the 24th minute, Cheng Hai finally carried Boateng's push in the ribs of the penalty area and received a pass from Gundogan to get a chance to hit the goal, but finally missed the post.

Although there are Boateng's interference factors, with Cheng Hai's physique, balance, and shooting skills, in the past, this kind of ball can at least hit the goal frame to produce a certain threat.

But not anymore.

Of course, even so, Bayern Munich still did not dare to relax its defense of Cheng Hai.

Cheng Hai missed this time, but what if he hit it again?

What's more, even if he missed this time and didn't score the ball, it wasn't too outrageous, it just missed the post and hit the side netting, proving that Cheng Hai's shooting skills were still at an average level.

Therefore, as long as Cheng Hai enters the 30-meter area of the goal, he generally has to face at least two close defenses of Bayern players, and there are other people who can help make up for the position at any time to block Cheng Hai's intention to break through or shoot.

While shrinking the defense and swinging the iron bucket and bus formation, Bayern is not completely without counterattacks.

In particular, Robben and Ribery on the wings are among the best in the world in terms of passing skills and counter-attacking speed.

In the 37th minute, Bayern took advantage of Dortmund's broken attack to play an efficient counter-attack, but Thomas Muller headed Ribery's low cross just over the crossbar.

If that goal goes in, the game is almost over.

Even with the foundation of Dortmund's treble, it is difficult to stage a big reversal.

In front of Bayern's barrel team, Dortmund has never been able to break through the opponent's door. There were one or two dangerous shots, but they lacked a bit of luck and couldn't find the back of the net.

One minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the two sides went into the break with a 2-0 scoreline, with Bayern Munich leading by two goals at home.

At the end of the pitch, Bayern's players were all smiles on their faces and interacted with the home fans in the stands. And Cheng Hai and other Dortmund players are a little faceless.

This is a rare experience that Cheng Hai can play after the club's start, and the entire team does not score a goal in the first half.

At halftime, Cheng Hai took the initiative to suggest to Klopp:

"Boss, I wasn't in good shape today, whether it was a breakthrough or a shot, I couldn't play at my usual level under the collective pressure of the opposing defenders."

'I think I can switch places with Reus in the second half, I'll play as wing-back and Reus as the striker, how about that?'

"Dropping to the flanks of midfield, on the one hand, the defensive pressure is much lower, and on the other hand, I can also play my long ball assists."

'It's not an escape, it's that I really didn't feel good about shooting today, and for the sake of the overall team win, I felt like I should move to a more effective position.'

Cheng Hai's suggestion is exactly what Klopp wants.

In fact, in the first half, he was a little worried about Cheng Hai's state and wanted to withdraw Cheng Hai's position. After all, Cheng Hai led the Chinese Olympic team to win the championship at the London Olympics, and his performance in the forward position is obvious to all.

But Gundogan is not material to play as a striker, and it will not work for him and Cheng Hai to swap places. Unable to withdraw Gundogan would be a huge waste when an attack was needed.

Let Cheng Hai withdraw directly to the back waist position, even more not.

Now Dortmund doesn't need to defend, they need to attack.

So Klopp scratched his head a little and didn't make adjustments in the first half. And now, Cheng Hai proposed not to switch positions with Gundogan, but with Royce, which solved the problem of Gundogan's position.

Royce can play as a striker, and there is no problem with Cheng Hai.

The only question is whether Cheng Hai can have a good performance in the forward position.

But with Dortmund's current situation, I'm afraid Cheng Hai can only try it in the avant-garde position.

The tactics were established, and Cheng Hai entered the dream training again, allowing his body to recover his energy for a short time.

Fifteen minutes later, the second half began, and the two sides changed sides again.

As a result, everyone found that Cheng Hai no longer stayed in the forward position, but switched positions with the left winger Royce, Royce played the striker, and Cheng Hai played the left wingback.

On the right flank of Bayern Munich's opposite, Robben's defensive ability was much inferior to his attack, and only right-back Timoshchuk could barely intercept it.

But a person's defense, even if Cheng Hai is not in good shape in this game, can basically finish out Timoshchuk.

Cheng Hai's speed alone can make Timoshchuk drink a pot.

In addition, there is a problem that Cheng Hai and Klopp and others did not think of before, when Cheng Hai went to play the left midfielder, it just suppressed Robben's counterattack.

Cheng Hai's defensive ability and physique, speed, and tackling ability made Robben no longer able to play his ability to cut inside after breaking through on the side in the second half.

The switch between Cheng Hai and Reus immediately activated Dortmund's attack on the left wing.

Just 4 minutes into the second half, Cheng Hai received Gundogan's ball on the left side, and a sudden ball was divided, and he broke through Tymoshchuk, and then crossed from the bottom.

It's a pity that Cheng Hai's left foot is far inferior to his right foot, and this time the cross was not high enough, and he was grabbed by Van Bitten at the front point to push the first point out of the penalty area and cleared.

Since the bottom cross is not very good, Cheng Hai cuts inside and shoots.

Luo could cut inside and shoot into the far corner with his left foot, and Cheng Hai could also cut inside and shoot with his right foot.

Although Gustavo, Van Bitten and others pay great attention to the help of the wing to prevent Tymoschchuk and Robben from being broken through too easily, the wing itself has space limitations, and Bayern cannot come with two or three people to wrap around and scramble like the middle and the penalty area.

In case this kind of thing really happens, Cheng Hai can use his passing skills to pass the ball out.

Cheng Hai also has a full value of vision and skills such as long passes, short passes, and straight stoppers in the air!

In the 53rd minute, Cheng Hai caught such an opportunity.

He easily broke through Robben after winning the ball on the wing, and then saw Van Bitten moving towards the wing, as if he wanted to join forces with Timoshchuk to intercept Cheng Hai.

Gustavo also blocked Cheng Hai's line diagonally.

Boateng, Kroos and others in the middle also leaned towards the left side, blocking Cheng Hai's bottom cross, inward shooting, and passing to the middle.

With Cheng Hai's state in this game, it is impossible to break through the penalty area and shoot at goal.

However, Cheng Hai's full vision made him easily spotted, because he took the ball on the left side, allowing the defenders in Bayern's midfield to collectively move the formation towards the side where he was.

In the middle of the stadium, central defender Boateng was struggling with Lewandowski, full-back Lahm was marking Reuss, and Grosskloitz, who cut inside at high speed from the side, was unguarded and rushed straight to the right corner of Bayern's penalty area.

Seeing this, where will Cheng Hai be polite.

Cheng Hai immediately stopped the rhythm of continuing to break through with the ball on the side, first dunked the ball inward, stuck Robben who rushed up behind him with his body, and passed the ball out with a big foot before Gustavo blocked the passing angle.

The full value of the "Long Passing in the Air" skill, Cheng Hai used it at this time.

Both the players on the field and the spectators in the stands were firmly attracted by the scene of Cheng Hai taking the ball on the side and breaking through Robben.

No one expected that Cheng Hai would suddenly transfer the ball out.

When everyone looked at the ball passed by Cheng Hai, they were shocked to find that in the direction of the ball passed by Cheng Hai, there were no Bayern defenders, only Dortmund's right midfielder Grosskloitz rushed into the right rib of Bayern Munich's penalty area in the direction of the ball's flight.

Lahm, who was marking Reuss at the top of the penalty area, immediately shook off Royce and tried to fight Grosskloitz for the ball in the air and clear the ball.

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who was on the left side of the goal, immediately moved to the right to prevent Grosskloitz's header.

However, it was too late for them to make amends.

Cheng Hai, who was in a slump for most of the game and had few threatening shots, finally played his normal level with a long pass in the air this time.

The ball was really comfortable for Grosskloitz. Whether it is the height of the ball's flight, the landing point, or the speed and arc, it allows him to jump directly to the top without stopping the ball to adjust.

The speed at which the ball flies is naturally much higher than the speed at which the player can run.

Therefore, although Rahm immediately shook off Royce and wanted to destroy after finding out that Cheng Hai was going to pass the ball to Grosskloitz, he still couldn't catch up after all.

Grosskloitz, who rushed in from the right corner of the penalty area, spotted the ball and leaped to the top to hit the ball that flew quickly.

Then, he was also knocked to the ground by Ram who came from next to him, and rolled a few times.

But that didn't stop him from pushing the ball out.

Grosskloitz saw Neuer pounce from the far end to the near end before he hit the top, so he deliberately pushed the opposite far corner when he hit the top, opposite the center of gravity of Neuer's body movement.

Grosskloitz also played beyond the norm this time, and perfectly pushed out the effect he wanted.

The ball hit his head and changed direction instantly, crossed a parabola in the air, and fell to the left of the goal, in the opposite direction of Neuer's body, which was pounced on to the right.

Although the header was not as fast as a powerful volley with his feet, Neuer's body shifted his center of gravity in the opposite direction, allowing him to make a slower save.

By the time Neuer saw the direction of the ball that Grosskloitz had flown overhead, braked suddenly, and pounced on the far end, it was too late.

The ball fell into the Bayern Munich goal against the underside of the crossbar before Neuer's palm could hit the ground.

In the 53rd minute of the second half, Cheng Hai, who switched positions with Reus in the second half, finally played his value as the world's No. 1 superstar on the left side, and assisted Grossklöitz to break through Bayern Munich's goal with a long air pass across half the field, making the score 1-2 and only one goal behind.

The Dortmund City TV commentator in the commentary box can finally release his feelings.

I saw him jump up from the commentary seat and roar loudly:

“Toooooooooooooooooooooooor……”

"The ball is in!"

"Grosskloitz made a beautiful leap to the top of the net against Bayern Munich and we were only one goal behind!"

"This goal is from Cheng Hai's long pass assist on the left wing."

"Cheng Hai was definitely greatly affected by yesterday's Olympic final and long flights, and he was in very poor form in the striker position in the first half, and he didn't even have two dangerous shots.

"At half-time, Jurgen Klopp made a tactical adjustment, allowing Cheng Hai and Reus to switch positions."

As a result, this change of position made Cheng Hai's performance much better, and Dortmund also scored in less than 10 minutes of the second half.

"Only one goal behind, we still have time!"

"The ultimate winner must be Dortmund!"

"Bumblebee, come on, !!"